Local News Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability MIT News | April 11, 2025 Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body’s defense against infection, helping to…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Basis for Shifted Receptor Recognition by an Encephalitic Arbovirus Fan, X., et al. | April 11, 2025 Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is an arbovirus that historically caused large outbreaks of encephalitis…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Could the Falcine Sinus Hold the Key to Vein of Galen Outcomes? Boston Children's Hospital | April 11, 2025 A Boston Children’s Hospital study uncovers how fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be a…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Awards Two HMS Faculty Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Harvard Medical School | April 10, 2025 Two researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected fellows of the American Association for…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Local News A Simple Animal’s Response to Sickness Highlights the Nervous System’s Surprising Degrees of Flexibility The Picower Institute | April 10, 2025 Whether you are a person about town or a worm in a dish, life can…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Boston Biology Professor Liam Revell Named AAAS Honorary Fellow UMass Boston | April 9, 2025 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the foremost scientific institution in the…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Beyond Animals: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Human-Relevant Models Wyss Institute | April 9, 2025 The average new drug requires over 15 years and $2 billion in funding to traverse…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Identification of a Molecular Resistor That Controls UCP1-Independent Ca2+ Cycling Thermogenesis in Adipose Tissue Auger, C., et al. | April 8, 2025 Adipose tissue thermogenesis contributes to energy balance via mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and UCP1-independent…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Vish Viswanath of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 8, 2025 K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, Professor of Health Communication at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More
Local News PhD Candidate Winnie Mkandawire, Impacted by Grief and Driven by Hope, Studies Disease Outbreak Modeling UMass Chan Medical School | April 8, 2025 Motivated by the loss of friends and family when she was a child, PhD candidate…karnottApril 8, 2025 Read More